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Ocular thelaziosis: an emerging human parasitosis in Europe
Josué Pendones Ulerio1, Mar Redero Cascón1, Alejandra Maria Parra Morales2
1Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Pº de La Transición S/N. , 37007, Salamanca, Spain.
Abstract:
Ocular thelaziosis is a parasitosis distributed mainly in East Asia, but increasingly described in Europe in different domestic and wild animals, including dogs, different wild canids and lagomorphs, and exceptionally in humans. In Spain, in some areas, a high infection prevalence rate has been described in domestic canids, which may lead to an increase in human cases. However, the description of human cases is still exceptional, which suggests that they are probably underdiagnosed. A case of ocular thelaziosis in a 2-year-old girl from an urban environment is described.
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